Public Charity

MASSACHUSETTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE CORP

MASSACHUSETTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE CORP is a Public Charity headquartered in BOSTON, MA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $82.3M revenue, $78.3M expenses, $24.2M total assets. 14 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $1.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 042790762 BOSTON, MA Legal Services NTEE: I80 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$82.3M
Total Expenses$78.3M
Total Assets$24.2M
Grant Records14
Funding Total$1.0M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE CORPORATION PROVIDES LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT TO IMPROVE CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME PEOPLE IN MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH THE LEGAL SERVICES COMMUNITY, THE LEGISLATURE, THE PUBLIC, THE BAR, AND THE JUDICIARY.

Where $100 goes at Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corp

How Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corp divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$96 Programs the work itself
$4 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $96 for programs

$75
General support to legal service programs
78% of program spending
$11
Program service initiatives
12% of program spending
$4
Mlac was awarded, as a coordinated statewide administration of civil legal services (csal), a grant from the massachusetts office for victim assistance (mova)
4% of program spending

Plus 2 more programs. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$150,000
2022
DELIVER IMMIGRATION LEGAL AID TO AFGHAN REFUGEES REFERRED BY IINE
$326,403
2022
Operating Support/Annual Fund
$10,000
2021
DELIVER IMMIGRATION LEGAL AID TO AFGHAN REFUGEES REFERRED BY IINE
$326,403
2021
CIVIL LEGAL AID DIRECTORY
$12,000

Showing up to 5 of 14 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

BOARD MEMBER Alma Woodberry
BOARD MEMBER April English Esq
CFO (UNTIL 10/2024) Azim Mazagonwalla
VICE CHAIR Carol Starkey Esq
TREASURER Edward Mcintyre Esq
BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL 4/2025) Hon Geoffrey A Wilson Ret

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Civil Rights & Social Justice
$765,806 5 grants
General Support
$239,484 7 grants
Economic Development
$25,000 1 grant
Human & Social Services
$6,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $82.3M $78.3M $24.2M
2024 $81.1M $76.2M $26.4M
2023 $64.9M $62.7M $18.7M
2021 $49.5M $49.1M $14.0M
2020 $39.5M $36.9M $9.3M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $39.5M to $82.3M (+109%), with total assets most recently reported at $24.2M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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